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ICE Interest rates report

December 2025

Gain the latest trends and insights with our monthly newsletter on ICE's rates market.

Interest rate derivatives

The largest marketplace for U.K. and European interest rates futures and options including 3M Euribor, 3M ESTR, ECB Dated ESTR, 3M SONIA, MPC Dated SONIA, Long Gilts, Medium Gilts, Long EU Bond and SARON Futures.

Euribor futures & options
SONIA futures & options
ESTR Futures and Options
Long Gilt Futures and Options
SARON Futures

December highlights

3M ESTR Futures
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 2,160,775 (10th December)
  • Record volume month at 8,122,374
  • Record volume day trading 648,729 lots (5th December)
ECB Dated Futures
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 17,163 (22nd December)
SONIA Futures
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 3,869,958 (2nd December)
SONIA Options
  • Record Open Interest (OI) 10,347,370 (11th December)
MPC Dated SONIA Futures
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 34,482 lots (15th December)
Euribor Futures
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 5,662,483 (12th December)
Euribor Options
  • Record Open Interest (OI) at 17,451,457 (11th December)
  • Highest daily volume day in 2025 trading 1,529,363 lots (8th December)

Products in focus


ECB Dated ESTR Futures

  • Get direct exposure to the ECB’s rate decisions via our latest STIR innovation
  • Futures dates mirror the exact ECB maintenance period dates
  • Sits alongside our existing, liquid 3-month ESTR & Euribor contracts and offers significant margin offsets
  • Cash settled

MPC Dated SONIA Futures

  • Get direct exposure to the Bank of England’s rate decisions via our latest STIR innovation
  • Futures dates mirror the exact MPC rate setting dates
  • Sits alongside our existing, liquid 3-month SONIA contract and offers significant margin offsets
  • Cash settled

Medium Gilt Futures

  • ICE Medium Gilt Futures contract is a future deliverable into eligible UK government debt securities with maturities of 4 years to 6 years & 3 months and an original term to maturity of 11 years or less
  • Functionality to execute Medium Gilt futures vs Long Gilt futures as a one line spread via the inter-commodity spread (ICS). Trades in a 2:1 ratio
  • Trades alongside Long Gilt Futures & Options and Ultra Long Gilt Futures

Long EU Bond Index Futures Contract

  • A unique approach to EU bonds with a cash settled future
  • Get exposure to EU bonds with the listed derivative advantages of screen transparency, liquidity and margining
  • Based on an index from ICE Data Indices (IDI) who offer approx. 6,000 indices tracking more than €100trn in debt
  • The last trade date aligns with the benchmark Euro area govt bond futures
  • Historical volatility of the index is similar to that of the other benchmark European bond futures


Product headline highlights


Month-Over-Month ADV, Open Interest and Volume

Year-Over-Year ADV, Open Interest and Volume

Year-to-Date ADV, Open Interest and Volume

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